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By Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will join celebrity Oprah Winfrey in a livestream event next week to rally support in key battleground states in the Nov. 5 presidential election, Harris’ campaign said. The “Unite for America” event will be in collaboration with Win With Black Women volunteer network, and …

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By Luc Cohen (Reuters) – The jury that convicted Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange only saw “half the picture” because the judge did not allow in critical evidence, his lawyer argued in their appeal on Friday. In a 102-page brief filed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit …

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(Reuters) – Tiger Woods said he underwent successful surgery on his lower back on Friday that he hopes will reduce the back pain and spasms that hindered him this season. Woods, 48, underwent microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve impingement in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the doctor who performed the surgery deemed …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The federal judiciary’s top policymaking body has made a referral to the U.S. House of Representatives for lawmakers to consider potentially impeaching a now-former federal judge in Alaska who resigned after being accused of sexual misconduct. A spokesperson for Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday said he had received a …

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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Wildfires that have burned dozens of mountain homes near Los Angeles slowed on Thursday but still threatened city suburbs. Driven by triple-digit heat, gusting winds and tinder-dry vegetation, the three fires have burned at speeds firefighters have never witnessed, scorching over 110,000 acres (44,510 hectares) – an area twice the …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. House Republican said on Thursday that his party needs to begin talks with Democrats on funding the government past a Sept. 30 deadline, as Speaker Mike Johnson plotted his next move after pulling a controversial stopgap funding bill. Representative Tom Cole, the Republican chair of the …

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